German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
32 C1 words in “Family & People”.
Work in progress. The C1 list is curated and still growing — new words are added regularly. Because B2 and C1 have no official fixed word list, levels here are graded automatically, so a word can occasionally sit a level either way.
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32 C1 words in “Family & People”
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| die Abstammung | a lineage / ancestry |
| der Abtrünnige | renegade / apostate |
| die Ahnenreihe | ancestry |
| der Anstifter | an instigator / ringleader |
| außerehelich | extramarital |
| beisetzen | to entomb / inter |
| die Bestattung | a funeral (wenig benutzt) |
| der Bonze | a bigwig / big shot / fat cat |
| bräutlich | nuptial |
| die Durchlaucht | a highness |
| der Fürsprecher | an advocate |
| der Genosse | comrade / mate / companion |
| der Greis | an old man |
| der Halunke | scoundrel / rascal |
| der Heide | gentile / pagan |
| der Hüne | a giant / colossus |
| der Knallkopf | a crackhead |
| die Mitgift | a dowry / portion |
| das Mündel | a ward a person, usually a minor, under the care and control of a guardian appointed by their parents or a court. |
| die Paarberatung | couples counseling |
| der Schänder | molester |
| die Sippe | clan / family / kinship / group |
| der Strolch | a rascal / rogue (wenig benutzt) |
| der Taugenichts | a good-for-nothing (wenig benutzt) |
| der Trauerzug | a funeral procession |
| vermählen | to wed / marry |
| die Vettel | a hag / harridan harridan = a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman |
| die Vorzeigefrau | a trophy wife |
| der Weiser | a sage |
| werdend | nascent / emergent / expectant |
| der Würdenträger | a dignitary |
| die Ziehschwester | a foster sister |
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und sie haben es in dieser Maschine gezüchtet
and they grew it inside this machine
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machine · in context
noun
machine · engine · device
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